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Part I.—Law relating to Gunpowder.
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General Law as to Manufacture and Keeping of Gunpowder.
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Gunpowder to be manufactured only at factory lawfully existing or licensed under this Act.
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4. The manufacture of gunpowder shall not, nor shall any process of such manufacture, be carried on except at a factory for gunpowder either lawfully existing or licensed for the same under this Act.
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Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the making of a small quantity of gunpowder for the purpose of chemical experiment and not for practical use or for sale.
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If any person manufactures gunpowder or carries on any process of such manufacture at any place at which he is not allowed by this section so to do, he shall be deemed to manufacture gunpowder at an unauthorised place.
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Where gunpowder is manufactured at an unauthorised place—
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1. All or any part of the gunpowder or the ingredients of gunpowder which may be found either in or about such place or in the possession or under the control of any person convicted under this section, may be forfeited; and
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2. The person so manufacturing shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds a day for every day during which he so manufactures.
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